• @201dberg
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    292 years ago

    Seriously Tolkien had an insane monarchy fetish or something. Even in the original LoTR I think it was Gandalf who said shit like without an king on Gondors throne it would be ruled by “lesser men” and he definitely meant from a bloodline standpoint. Like eat shit asshat. Fuck off with that eugenics shit.

    Like I like those movies and the setting and shit but that whole obsession with “born to rule” and kind shit really annoys the fuck out of me. Like "Oh we are a bunch of villagers that just fought off our literal genocide by orcs with our own wit and grit but we are also helpless nobodies unless some very specific man who otherwise has nothing to do with our existence comes and says he’s our King. "

    • Soviet Snake
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      52 years ago

      Are there actual writings of him supporting the monarchy? Because as far as I could guess, this could simply be Gandalf the character speaking about its cosmovision. I would not say GoT author is a pro monarchist sinply because its characters believe in such ideas.